--- title: I Gave 2 Hours Daily to DSA & System Design, Best... description: A backend developer with 1.5 years of experience shares their journey of dedicating 2 hours daily for 31 days to studying data structures and algorithms (1... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/i-gave-2-hours-daily-to-dsa-system-design-best-decision-ever-iiwp8qboz twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: I Gave 2 Hours Daily to DSA & System Design, Best Decision Ever | daily.dev og:description: A backend developer with 1.5 years of experience shares their journey of dedicating 2 hours daily for 31 days to studying data structures and algorithms (1... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/i-gave-2-hours-daily-to-dsa-system-design-best-decision-ever-iiwp8qboz og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/IiWP8QBOZ.png og:image:alt: I Gave 2 Hours Daily to DSA & System Design, Best Decision Ever og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # I Gave 2 Hours Daily to DSA & System Design, Best Decision Ever **[Backend.dev](https://daily.dev/sources/backenddev)** · [@hokleng](https://daily.dev/hokleng) · 126 upvotes · 3 comments ## Summary A backend developer with 1.5 years of experience shares their journey of dedicating 2 hours daily for 31 days to studying data structures and algorithms (1 hour) and system design (1 hour). The consistent practice transformed their technical understanding, interview performance, and workplace confidence. They progressed from struggling with basic concepts to recognizing DSA patterns and explaining system design topics like message queues, caching, and load balancing. The approach emphasizes discipline over motivation, with a simple routine of solving LeetCode problems and studying one system design concept daily through videos and diagrams. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@milonhossain55** · 3 upvotes > i need a list of DSA that i need to cover aslo system design topic.could you please give me a list of this.? **@deentap** · 2 upvotes > Persistence🙏 ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#career](https://daily.dev/tags/career), [#backend](https://daily.dev/tags/backend), [#interview](https://daily.dev/tags/interview) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/i-gave-2-hours-daily-to-dsa-system-design-best-decision-ever-iiwp8qboz) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https://daily.dev/posts/i-gave-2-hours-daily-to-dsa-system-design-best-decision-ever-iiwp8qboz","headline":"I Gave 2 Hours Daily to DSA & System Design, Best Decision Ever","text":"Shared: I Gave 2 Hours Daily to DSA & System Design, Best Decision Ever","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/i-gave-2-hours-daily-to-dsa-system-design-best-decision-ever-iiwp8qboz","datePublished":"2025-10-17T02:26:39.143Z","dateModified":"2026-07-21T12:20:02.805Z","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Panda Coder","url":"https://daily.dev/hokleng","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--6IMdGrNy--/f_auto/v1760966944/avatars/avatar_CIoQZuZGSm?_a=BAMAK+ZW0","description":"Discipline, Persistence, Momentum","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"EndorseAction"},"userInteractionCount":760}},"image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--foaA6JGU--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2004","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":126},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":3}],"sharedContent":{"@type":"WebPage","url":"https://api.daily.dev/r/McUc7fuNZ"},"comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"i need a list of DSA that i need to cover aslo system design topic.could you please give me a list of this.?","datePublished":"2025-10-25T22:43:37.317Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/IiWP8QBOZ#c-8MBQfIoSM","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"milon Hossain","url":"https://daily.dev/milonhossain55","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/ACg8ocKC4sz7IpWkqd0LCMzGWRff5w4vQTxa0jhRrh-ILYLePpfFCQ=s96-c"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":3}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Persistence🙏","datePublished":"2025-10-30T22:08:23.732Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/IiWP8QBOZ#c-0U6aGhTNX","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Dennis E. 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